Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-30
State AFFAIRS.
Dr.. Rutherford of Houston is Con-
frmed by the Senate as State
Health Officer.
Ruling Of Superintendent Of Pablo In
siruction Cooper on Inc All
tuoriiy OF Trustees.
= Strong and wen Organized Oppns:tioE
TO the bucket. shop sit.-Pubiic
Sentiment AgaluslI;.
LETTER FROM PROFESSOR COOPER.

\ LETTER FROM PROFESSOR COOPER.
Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, Jan. % The Superin
teadeut of Public Instruction, Mr.. 0. II.
Cooper, wrote the following letter to. day
in reply to one received from Professor
E B. Carruth Of Morgan, Tex, asking
for & ruling relative 10 the authority Of
trustees over the conduct of scholars;
DEAR SIR-Whiie it is highly necessary
to have proper rules governing the public
schools. yet there is possibility Of going
too far hold in the present case, and
ali others similar, that when the pupil
enters the schoolroom the author
! ity of the parent ceases and
the teachers begins. When sent
! tO his home the authority of the teacher
ends aud that Of the parent is resumed.
| For his conduct at school he may Oe pun
ished and even expelled under proper Cir
cumstances. For his conduct when at
| home he is subject to domestic control.
| The trustees in prescribing the rule that
pupils who attend social parties, etc,
should be expelled from school went be-
yond their power and invaded the right of
! the parent to govern the conduct of his
child when entirely uLder his control.
RUTHERFORD CONFIRMED.
II spite of the formidable opposition
! from Galveston, Dr.. Rutherford of Hous-
! ton was confirmed by tie Senate in eX-
ecutive session to-day as the S,ste Health
! Officer OF Texas FOR the next two years.
! the hardness of the Senate in confirming
this appointment gave rise 20 some
| speculation, and it was thought at one
time that the Senate would auta2Oni2e
| Governor Ross administration at the
! outsez by refusing TO Colfirm the appoint-
ment oI DR.. Rutherford.
| TIE TEXTBOOK BILL.
The school textbook bill was up before
the House yesterday AMI received 50
many amendments that the trainers of the
| hill will have hard work to identify it.
/ By consent OF the Hou,e the committee
reported On the final passage of the bill,
which was adopted by majority vote.
From the tenor of debate it would seem
| that some OF the members are little
| dubious about the results of the passage
of this bill. . hers consider it in the
! light of sn experiment that can be Judged
better "after taking" Some of the men,
| berS evidently believed that the people
had been Imposed upon in the multitudin-
Gus variety of text books, from which
each teacher selected according to his
| taste, for the scholars under his control.
THE RELIEF BILL.
| The drouth relief bill was called for
yesterday by the Senate under mistake
! as TO fact, and was Immediately returned
to the House. The Senate having passed
the bill it was sent to the House, where,
alter being referred to special commit
tee who reported it back tavorsbly, it was
adopted by the committee OF the whole
and placed on its final passage. Bur a
motion to suspend the rules failing to
carry, the bill will have to take the regu-
| lar course Cf being read on three several
| days before it can become law.
! THE BUCKET-sHoP BILL.
! Dealers and others interested in the de-
| fcat Of the bucket shop bill are well or
z nized and working vigorously. How
/ effectively tne work is being done can
only be determined when the bill comes
up for tilal passage next Monday. The
/ reasons offered tOr the defeat of the
measure are numerous, and some CT them
are being plGueihiy presented. A leading
argument with them is that the bucket
/
produce exchanges and the people,
and that greater number of them
scattered throughout the COUNTY would
| efeCt4ally prevent ''cOruers,n "squeeZe-
outs" and 'p2nics :" that it is to their
interest 10 h&ve every man who deals
! through them make money, and when the
exchanges which regulate the price OF
Wne2t, corn, lard, meat, etc attempt to
! mi ir r, n az -. 10
| the hucket-shop men Sell TO meet the
move anu thus force figures to q su, ply
| and demand basis In Ike manner, by
buying at the proper time they prevent
! the depression Of prices below the cost Of
production For this protection to
! the producer they claim no special
, credit since their pecuniary interest
| COmpels 4 course OF action that can nave
o 9th, result. II is this safety vslve
| effect of their dealings that has, they
| say, rendered them SO unpopular with
| the exchanges proper. They admit that
| it is q species Of gambling and To that
eX ent all evil, bat that is not an evil un-
mixed with good, and that the greatest
| opposition to their syst IN of Going bus!-
ness comes from those uuacquainted
with its practical workings and uuin-
forme as to its advantages Friends of
the bill deny the "safetv vale" operation
at ucket-shops and claim that their
career is marked with havoc
and ruin, desolation, shame and death.
Residents st Galveston, from which the
strongest petitions have been received
asking the defeat of the bill, were call. d
before the committee yesterday and testi-
fed 10 the sad havoc this species of gam
70 M i'm 2 not
city. Among the evils exaggerated was
the downfall Of confidential cashiers,
bOOk-seepsrS aud clerks, who to keep up
their margins on decline of prices had
distracted from the till of their EMPLOYERS
until al was swampei, and detection,
conviction, punishment and q life
OF shame followed. Fortunes, the
result Il years Of patient toll and
economy melt away beneath its magic
touch, and the deluded victim tinds him
self struggling with abject poverty Tor
the bare necessities of life Numerous
instances IF this kind were cited, snd
wnen tae list Of suicides were taken up,
beginning vi b 4 prominent Official OF tae
Island City Savings Back, sixteen more
were add,d and their names gwen to the
committee. A bill to re introduced Ov
Senator Claiborne, IN Monday, may be
substituted for the Mcdonald bill, bat Of
one fact there can be little doubt, the
backet7shop must 90.
GENERAL NOTES.
Dr.. Wagner of the State University
lectured last night On the subject OF
the University aud the State. Before
the hour of the lecture arrived the build
ing YES lighted up and all departments